Critical Path

Critical Path
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Still working. Pacific NW. One daughter, age 5. Married. As long as I'm still angry about injustice I know I'm OK. The picture is from Alaska. Despite being home to various unmentionables, I think everyone in the lower 48 ought to visit at least once. Being surrounded by truly wild nature is a deeply profound and humbling experience.

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DECEMBER 21, 2009 3:37PM

Time to Throw the Boner Pill Users Under the Bus

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I would just like to say that I would personally endorse the Crapfest known as the "Senate HCR Bill" if it included a provision to permanently ban any and all boner pill advertising in any and all formats. 

If there is a living man in America who does not know that there are boner pills for him to use, then he doesn't need them. 

Further, perhaps a little pressure in the boner pill department might, just might, get the "esteemed" Senators such as Ben Nelson (I think I just threw up in my mouth a little) to rethink their positions WRT throwing women's reproductive health under the bus.   Average age in the Senate?  somewhere around 62.  Prime targets for both boner pills and boner pill campaign contributions from their makers.  It seems very obvious to me that these folks need a little personally directed education to modify their 16th century views of women's health and their role in it.  I think boner pills are a great place to start, since it should be very personal to them for the above-noted reasons.  Appeals to reason and settled case law obviously haven't worked, so it's time to go Shock and Awe.   

Who's with me on this? 

  • Tired of the endless rounds of boner pill advertisements with their awful puns and double entendres? 
  • Sick of seeing those horrible soft-focus shots of middle aged folks cavorting through fields or sitting in bathtubs? 
  • Tired of explaining to your five year old what ED is? 
  • Had enough of those awkward moments when the family is trying to enjoy a television show with out of town relatives, all the conversation having been shut down due to political differences? 

Come on, people.  WE CAN DO THIS. 

And, yes, abortion is part of healthcare.  No matter what the bumpersticker I saw this past Saturday says.

  

 

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Let the poor dudes have their boner pills, but I say tax them. That would pay for all the health care reform we'd ever want. That and reinstitute the "Botax." They should never have taken that out. Rich people can afford a few extra bucks on their wacky luxuries.
JOY MARS
December 21, 2009 04:07 PM
How about adding "male enhancement" to the ban too.
Walter Blevins
December 21, 2009 04:08 PM
Joy - They can have as many as they want. I just don't want to see them advertised on television/internet/radio 24 hours a day, which seems to be the case right now.

Walter, in the final version of my proposal, the technical definition of the term "boner pill" will have to include the "herbal enhancements" as well!
Critical Path
December 21, 2009 04:12 PM
As a "Bob" I must take exception Walt, Those enhancements are not health care. They are the gift that women love to get. Oh crap, I'm just trying to make light of the stupid things, do I need to be serious? Okay, you asked for it. The whole thing has become surreal. Trading off what amounts to a critical part of health care for women to assuage the religious right? Why? Do we have people who now do not even understand the basic principles that this country was founded on? If abortion is something that you will never have to use or it offends your morals as defined by your personal beliefs then by all means don't have one. You need to remember this though, you find that using pressure from your religious group an effective way to enforce it's tenets on others who do not accept it then you must also be prepared to accept the infringements that will eventually come your way with these very changes as it's precedent. Churches should be taxed for their wealth. Churches that preach politics are already in violation of the law. The day will come when you will see the churches paying their fair share too. They will scream to the heavens about it, many will create "martyrs" to it, more will force the issue into the courts crying that it is a violation of the constitution yet they will lose that fight. Why? Because by allowing their rules to become part of law they have abdicated their right to go untaxed and unregulated. Whether I personally approve or disapprove of abortion is irrelevant to the situation. I will never be directly involved in one and that makes my opinion moot on that part of this issue. What do we do about those religions that eschew medical care altogether? Do we just drop the whole subject and ban any doctors or medicines? Or is it just one religious view that is being respected by our government? If that is the case then I would suggest that those senators and congressmen re read the constitution and pay particular attention to the Bill of Rights. A defacto selection and endorsement of a particular religion is the same in practice as an official one. That is specifically banned as are laws written to deliberately skirt not just the words of the constitution, but it's intents as well.
bobbot
December 21, 2009 04:32 PM
bobbot - you are a King among Men.
Just wish there were another 50 or so just like you in the Senate.
Critical Path
December 21, 2009 04:59 PM